Can you pour a REAL standard drink?

According to research most people cannot accurately pour a standard drink.

Let's be honest. How easy is it to convince yourself that you've poured a standard drink when in reality you've poured 1.5 or even 2. Have you seen the Meme with the giant wine glass saying my doctor told me one glass a day is ok? If it was only that simple. In reality if you are trying to monitor your alcohol intake it's far too difficult to guess correctly and far too important to get it wrong.

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The definition of a legal standard drink varies between countries. For example Australia and New Zealand uses a definition of 10g of alcohol as a standard drink. In US and Canada, the definition is 14g of alcohol as a standard drink.

Please review the individual product details on this website for a list of countries the glasses are applicable. If you are interested in standard drink glasses for other countries not currently available on the website, let us know and we will be able to tell you if it's possible.

The concentration of alcohol specified on the label of a bottle is not exact. Often it will change from the time of bottling to when you consume it, as continuous fermenting processes can increase the alcohol concentration. The alcohol concentration will also vary with the temperature of the drink. The glasses will have a strict manufacturing tolerance. After factoring in all possible variables, we estimate our glasses would indicate one standard drink +/- 10%.

We have absolutely no idea, so we decided to bring this to the market ourselves. It was challenging developing a measurement system which is both non-intrusive yet functional. We carefully selected glass shapes to be compatible with the measurement system logo and working with manufacturers who could machine blow glasses within a consistent tolerance to minimise error in measurement.

We choose the highest quality crystal for our glassware. We are confident you will be happy with the quality of our product.

We closely inspect our product before we deliver to our customers. If however you do find any fault or damage to the product upon arrival, please email us within 7 days at shop@thestandarddrink.com.au and include a photo of the fault and the purchase order number.

We will get back to you immediately with a return address for you to send the glasses. As soon as we receive the returned package we will process a full refund of the purchase value. Alternatively, we can offer a partial refund if you wish to keep the glasses in the condition you received them.

At this stage we cannot offer free returns, but it is certainly something we will explore as we grow.

We hope you are reading this page to help you decide whether to become an owner of The Standard Drink Company glassware.